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Nara has a PhD in English Literature from the University of Sussex, where she studied the intellectual production in Lagos-Nigeria in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Trained as a historian at the Universidade Federal Fluminense in Rio de Janeiro-Brazil, she also has an MA in African Studies from El Colegio de Mexico, in Mexico City. She is currently living in sunny Rio.
Contact Nara through her personal blog http://naraimprota.wordpress.com/
Twitter: @naraimprota
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SCOLMA 50th anniversary conference: African Studies in the Digital Age
“Registration for this conference is now open, and you are warmly invited to attend” June 25-26 2012 Rothermere American Institute, Oxford Provisional Programme (NB This programme is subject to change) Monday 25 June 9.00-10.00 Coffee and registration 10.00-11.00 Keynote:… Read More ›
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Africa Book Centre’s Sales! =)
The Africa Book Centre will be moving to new, smaller premises in February and to this end, we are offering over 1000 excess stock items at bargain basement prices (up to 70% off list price). See the catalogues (arranged by region) here But… Read More ›
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CFP: Africans in the Americas and African Americans in Africa: the Shifting Boundaries of Citizenship in the 21st Century
NYSAS 2012 Conference: Department of African American Studies, the Africana Research Center, the Smeal College of Business, and the Paul Robeson Cultural Center will be hosting the 37th annual conference of the New York African Studies Association (NYASA). Abstracts are… Read More ›
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Become a book or film reviewer of the African Studies Review
New Film Review Editor for the African Studies Review The African Studies Association (US) and the Editors of the African Studies Review announced the appointment of Professor Kenneth Harrow, Michigan State University, as the Film Review Editor of the African Studies Review…. Read More ›
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African Literature Conference At Makerere University
******************* UPDATE: POSTPONEMENT OF AFRICAN LITERATURE CONFERENCE AT MAKERERE UNIVERSITY The organizers of the African Literature Conference that was slated for 12-14 July 2012 have made the difficult decision to postpone the Conference to January 2013 due to circumstances that… Read More ›
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Call for book and film reviews
The Journal of African Media Studies Call for book and film reviews The Journal of African Media Studies (JAMS) invites book and film reviews from junior and senior researchers, scholars and professionals from around the world, and particularly from the African… Read More ›
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John Hope Franklin Research Center, Duke University
The John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture, part of the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Duke University, announces the availability of travel grants for research travel to our collections. The John Hope… Read More ›
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Call for papers: Trust and Reconciliation in Post-Conflict Societies
A thematic conference of the AEGIS network at the Centre for African Studies – Basel (October 4-6, 2012) Abstracts of 250 words should be sent until March 30, 2012 to Sandra Burri s.burri-at-unibas.ch. The speakers will be notified on the acceptance of their… Read More ›
